Folding bed



J. MULLER.

. FOLDING BED.

(No Model.)

No. 438,743. Patented Oct. 21, 189 0.

UNITED STATES ATENT (Enrica.

JOSEPH MULLER, OF NORTH ST. PAUL, ASSIGNOR TO MARY MUELLER, OF ST. PAUL,MINNESOTA.

FOLDING BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 438,743, dated. October21, 1890.

Application filed April 18, 1890. Serial No. 348,526. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

vBe it known that I, JOSEPH Mi'ILLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at North St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FoldingBeds; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to folding beds, and has for its object theproduction of a device of this kind which will be simple in constructionand reliable in operation. WVith this end in view I construct theframework of the bed with guides in which the head-board is movable andprovide each side bar of the headboard with a rack. On each side of therear end of the bed proper is a toothed segment in engagement with therack. In this manner .I employ the head-board as a counter-balance forthe bed. Lugs or pivots projecting from the side boards of the bedproper are entered in slots in the side plates of the frame. In Virtueof the construction described both the head-board and the bed can bereadily removed from the frame in which they are mounted for any purposedesired. A rod around which a spring is placed may be secured to thefoot-board of the frame in which the head-board slides, and an eye onthe headboard is fitted over the rod and tends to compress the springwhen the head-board is raised by the descent of the bed.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals are placed onlikeparts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of theinvention, partially in section,

showing the bed in open position. Fig. 2 is a front elevationrepresenting the bed as closed, with parts broken away to show thegearing.

l is aframe provided with guides 2, in which the head-board 3 ismounted.

4 48 are racks attached to the side bars of the head-board.

5 is the frame of the bed proper, which is provided with projectingpivots 6 6 fitted in the open slotted bearings 7 7 of the side plates ofthe head-board. 8 8 are toothed segments, one secured to each side plateof the bed at its rear end.

9 is a rod suitably secured in brackets 10 1O on the rear side of thehead-board frame, and 11 is a perforated bracket projecting from therear side of the head-board through a slot 12 in the frame and fittedover the rod.

13 is a spiral spring surrounding the rod 9.

14 14 are the usual ornamental brackets having projections which serveas supports for the bed when lowered to its open position.

The operation of the invention is as follows:

When it is desired to raise or lower the bed,

the bed-section is pulled down or raised up, turning on its pivots, theracks being in continuous engagement in all positions of the head-boardand the bed. The head-board is so constructed that when the change inleverage afforded by the racks is considered it will counterbalance thebed with the necessary difference in the extreme positions. The fulcrumremains constant; but there is a difference in leverage, according tothe position of the bed, so that when the bed is in its horizontalposition it slightly overcomes the weight of the head-board, and when inits uppermost position it coacts or co-operates with the head-board tohold itself against the frame. In all other intermediate positions thehead-board and bed are substantially counterpoised.

In virtue of the open-ended slots and the rack-connections between thehead-board and bed, the bed may be readily separated from the head-boardand detached from the frame Whenever desired-as, for example, to packthe same for shipment. The re-enforcing spring, as before stated, may beemployed, but is entirely unnecessary.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent of the UnitedStates, is as follows:

1. A folding bed comprising an upright frame, a movable head-boardmounted in said frame, adapted of itself to counterbalance the,

bed, a bed pivoted in the frame, vertical racks attached to the lowercorners of the headboard, and segmental racks attached to thehead-corners of the bed and engagable with said vertical racks, wherebythe leverage ners, engagable with said vertical racks, substantially asdescribed, whereby the headboard and bed are counterbalanced, asrequired, and the bed is readily separable from the headboard and framefor packing.

I11 testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

JOSEPH MULLER. WVitnesses:

WM. II. BLODGETT, FRANK. D. MERCHANT.

